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DECEMBER 29, 2009

It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. Haarlem Oost is a branch library in the Netherlands that wanted to encourage visitors to add tags (descriptive keywords) to the books they read. A Dutch friend volunteered to go snap the library.

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Participatory Project Library Netherlands 40

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). Yes and no.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

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APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). Yes and no.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ruth is a curator of pictorial collections for Puke Ariki, a museum/library/visitor center in the small city of New Plymouth, New Zealand. This entire first phase of the project is set up to encourage staff to participate and reward them for doing so. But the badges are a brilliant stroke that really fit staff culture at Puke Ariki.

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Badge Museum New Zealand Participatory 40

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Image via State Library of Queensland (an institution I love). I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. You gave me support as I struggled to lead a museum through a participatory rebirth. Woman reading a book on a beached rowboat, 1925. Museum 2.0

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Museum Reflection Participatory Attitude 27